Kia ora, malo lava my name is Clementine Howe. I'm 24 years old and I was born and raised in South Auckland,
in the mighty Otara district.
I’ve been flight-attending for the past two and a half years
but recently I've lost my job, due to COVID.
I think COVID kind of crept up on everyone really slowly.
It was like...
It's not that bad, it's not that bad, it's not that bad. Boom! Actually it's really bad.
Looking back at the experience, the hardest thing about losing my job would have been
just the fact that you've been flustered into having to rethink your life again.
The people who’ve been really supportive of me have been my family, my friends, ex-work colleagues.
I told my auntie and she was really supportive. She used what, like online resources
that she knew about, to kind of help me navigate or like start over. And I really appreciated that.
I know it's easier said than done, but for anyone who has lost their job,
try to remember that it is temporary. It's not a permanent situation. I think...
sometimes when we get into that cloud of depression, it's because we can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
It is all temporary and just know that this doesn't define you as a person.
There are many people in your life that love you for you without the job title,
and so you just have to love yourself without the job title.
It will be a journey, but you will get there and it will feel a lot lighter eventually.